Nameless desire: Alexithymia and the anorexic patient

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-90

  Petterson, Regina ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anorexia; Interoceptive awareness; Intersubjectivity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SENSATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANOREXIA; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION;

EID: 1842450673     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TAJP.0000017992.93812.c6     Document Type: Review

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